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TimesLIVE reports that African National Congress (ANC) offices will be closed from Thursday as staff strike over unpaid salaries and other grievances.
This after the party was for the umpteenth time unable to pay salaries. Staff were told on Wednesday in a letter from ANC general manager Febe Potgieter that their outstanding July salaries would not be paid. Moreover, salaries due on 25 August will also not be paid. In the wake of the news, staff convened an urgent meeting where it was decided that the only response was to immediately cease working. In a statement, ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe said that party management had received a notice from staff that they would “go on strike” from Thursday. This was “in support of grievances submitted on June 15 2021, including late payments of salaries”. Mabe stated: “As a result of this wildcat strike, ANC offices throughout the country will be closed as of tomorrow (Thursday). The ANC management will continue to engage with staff representatives on their grievances, with a view to find a solution, so that we can resume normal operations.” The ANC has been battling with cash flow for months and has an unsettled R80m SA Revenue Services (Sars) tax bill. The party deducted pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) tax from staff salaries but did not pay the money over to Sars. The party has also failed to pay provident and pension funds for more than two years. It started failing to pay salaries in May when Sars garnisheed its allowances from the IEC, which the ANC receives as a party represented in parliament. Last week the ANC was forced to beg its staff, who had embarked on a go-slow, to suspend the industrial action and help the party meet the IEC's deadline of last Monday for registering its candidates to contest the upcoming municipal elections.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Kgothatso Madisa at TimesLIVE
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